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Clarifies that a few Chinese had only come to witness a local festival in Ladakh
There was no transgression by China in the Demchok sector in Ladakh recently when banners were waved during a local festival on the Indian side along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the Chief of the Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat, said here on Saturday. “Celebrations were going on our side and to see this, some Chinese also came opposite. There is no intrusion,” he said, adding there are differing perceptions on the LAC and both sides conduct patrols accordingly. The current issue was raised with the Chinese during the flag meeting and it has been resolved, he said. “We have a very good working relationship with the Chinese.” On July 6, during a local festival on the Indian side called Doley Tango, to mark the birthday of the Dalai Lama, 11 or 12 people were seen waving banners from the Chinese side across the Indus which read “Ban all activity to split Tibet”. To questions whether they were Chinese civilians or soldiers, Gen. Rawat said, “There are civilians who have come in and obviously when civilians come in, Chinese [soldiers] will accompany them. Nobody would want civilians going to the border without their activity being monitored. Both sides will continue to monitor the activity of civilians along the LAC and even LoC.”
Source : https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/no-chinese-intrusion-rawat/article28425066.ece
